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ReviewNature reviews. Neurology2022

Towards a global view of multiple sclerosis genetics.

Benjamin Meir Jacobs, Michelle Peter, Gavin Giovannoni, Alastair J Noyce, Huw R Morris, Ruth Dobson

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Review in Nature reviews. Neurology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Big data in multiple sclerosis.Current opinion in neurology · 2026
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  3. Controversies in neuroimmunology: Multiple sclerosis and other demyelinating disordersBiomedica : revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud · 2026
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  9. A disease-specific convergence of host and Epstein-Barr virus genetics in multiple sclerosis.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Benjamin Meir JacobsPreventive Neurology Unit, Wolfson Institute of Population Health, Queen Mary University London, London, UK. b.jacobs@qmul.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-6023-6010
Michelle PeterNHS North Thames Genomic Laboratory Hub, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
Gavin GiovannoniPreventive Neurology Unit, Wolfson Institute of Population Health, Queen Mary University London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-9995-1700
Alastair J NoycePreventive Neurology Unit, Wolfson Institute of Population Health, Queen Mary University London, London, UK.
Huw R Morris *Clinical and Movement Neurosciences, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-5473-3774
Ruth Dobson *Preventive Neurology Unit, Wolfson Institute of Population Health, Queen Mary University London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-2993-585X

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/V028766/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a neuroimmunological disorder of the CNS with a strong heritable component. The genetic architecture of MS susceptibility is well understood in populations of European ancestry. However, the extent to which this architecture explains MS susceptibility in populations of non-European ancestry remains unclear. In this Perspective article, we outline the scientific arguments for studying MS genetics in ancestrally diverse populations. We argue that this approach is likely to yield insights that could benefit individuals with MS from all ancestral groups. We explore the logistical and theoretical challenges that have held back this field to date and conclude that, despite these challenges, inclusion of participants of non-European ancestry in MS genetics studies will ultimately be of value to all patients with MS worldwide.

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Multiple SclerosisGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseHumans

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.